Iran offers to halt enrichment of uranium

IRANIAN leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered to halt Iran’s production of low-enriched uranium ahead of an address to the UN assembly yesterday.

But American diplomats led a walkout as he issued a sweeping attack on the US and major western European nations, calling them “arrogant powers” ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism.

The two US diplomats, who specialise in the Middle East, were followed out of the chamber by diplomats from more than 30 countries.